CNU-My daughter-in-law said Christmas would be easier if I stayed away, and my son did not even raise his eyes to defend me. So I stayed home, alone, exactly as requested. …

the pattern of donor deception. The receiving agent asked sharper questions and fewer moral ones. Also good.

When I drove back to Tahoe that evening, the foothills burned gold in the low winter sun. Traffic thickened near Auburn, then loosened. I listened to sports radio for twenty minutes and could not tell you a single name said on air. The mind does continue reading …